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WARSAW, Poland — The woman welcoming members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to the Fryderyk Chopin Museum was more than a little happy to see them. “I have been waiting 20 years for you to come to Poland,” Monika Strugala, the Fryderyk Chopin Institute’s VIP projects coordinator, told the 30 or so visitors clustered at the bottom of the stairs Sunday afternoon. “This is my dream come true.” A bit later, upon realizing that a visitor who’d been asking about the museum’s electronic displays was CSO concertmaster Robert Chen, she squeezed his shoulders and said, “Hi, we’re so happy you’re here.” ...

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